A 13-year-old boy, who sustained critical burn injuries while trying to bring the fire that broke out at a community forest in Dhurkot Rural Municipality-3 of Gulmi under control on Thursday, died during the course of treatment on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Dipak Mukhiya. He breathed his last while receiving treatment at the Mission Hospital in Palpa district this morning.

He was rushed to Gulmi Hospital for treatment last night and then was referred to Palpa for further treatment.

Likewise, 55-year-old Dhan Bahadur Jogi Kunwar sustained serious burn injuries in the accident. Kunwar has been sent to Butwal from Palpa for further treatment. Meanwhile, two houses and three cowsheds were destroyed in the fire that occurred at Isma Rural Municipality in Gulmi district on Thursday. The District Police Office, Gulmi, said the houses and cowsheds of Shivalal Kumal and Rudra Bahadur Kumal of Damar village were destroyed in the fire that broke out in a nearby community forest. The district has recorded several cases of bushfire in recent days amid the dry season.